MERCED, Calif. (AP) — UCLA could pay the University of California at Berkeley $10 million a year for three years instead of six as a result of the Bruins’ upcoming move to the Big Ten and the demise of the Pac-12. The University of California Board of Regents special committee on athletics voted 7-1 during
Continue ReadingBy Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — Angela Alsobrooks won Maryland’s Democratic nomination for US Senate, advancing her potentially history-making candidacy to the competitive general election with implications for control of the chamber next year. The Prince George’s County executive’s victory is a stunning defeat of three-term Rep. David Trone, who loaned his campaign at least $61.77 million, breaking the
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Aces received their championship rings and then unveiled and raised their WNBA banner, lifting it into place on Tuesday night alongside their first title banner won two seasons ago. Las Vegas celebrated its back-to-back titles ahead of its 89-80 regular-season opener against
Continue ReadingBy PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press HALLE, Germany (AP) — A court in Germany has ruled that one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party knowingly used a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine. The verdict in Björn Höcke’s trial comes months
Continue ReadingBy Maxime Tamsett, CNN (CNN) — A new law in Mississippi requires individuals to use restrooms and housing at public education institutions that correspond to their gender assigned at birth. Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced in an X post Monday that he has signed the legislation. People will only be allowed to use housing or bathrooms based on their “sex ‘determined solely by a birth,’ without regard to the fluidity
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — The Caitlin Clark era in the WNBA has officially begun, although it got off to a slow start. Clark went scoreless for nearly the first 15 minutes, before getting more comfortable and finishing with 20 points in the Indiana Fever’s 92-71 loss to the Connecticut
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Topping the list of contests in this week’s primaries in four states is a U.S. Senate race in Maryland that has further complicated Democratic efforts to keep control of the narrowly divided chamber this fall. The Associated Press declared former Gov. Larry Hogan the winner of the
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Astros starter Ronel Blanco was ejected at the start of the fourth inning of a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night after umpires found a foreign substance that first base umpire Erich Bacchus said was “the stickiest stuff I’ve felt on a glove.”
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The Palm Springs Police Officers Association has endorsed Democrat Will Rollins for California’s 41st Congressional District. The announcement was made at a press conference in front of the Palm Springs police department on S. Civic Dr. Tuesday morning. “As a federal prosecutor, Will has has an accomplished career in law enforcement and Will shares our
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche began his confrontation with Michael Cohen on Tuesday by throwing the former fixer’s language back in his face. Blanche confirmed the two had never spoken, but asked Cohen whether he knew who he was already, since Cohen
Continue ReadingBENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Walmart on Tuesday announced layoffs affecting several hundred jobs at the retail giant’s campus offices. It also said it will require most remote workers and personnel in its Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto offices to relocate to its primary offices in Bentonville, Arkansas; Hoboken, New Jersey; and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Continue ReadingBy EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press MERIDA, Mexico (AP) — Eleven people were killed Tuesday in mass shootings in a small town in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, the state prosecutor’s office said. The office said the shooting occurred in the township of Chicomuselo, an area known as a trafficking route for migrant and
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The man charged with burglary in connection with a break-in at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ official residence last month has told a local radio station he was on a drug binge at the time and was not targeting the public official. Ephraim Matthew Hunter, 29, faces felony counts
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The presidential primary may be decided, but election season marches on. Voters in several states, including Maryland and West Virginia, chose nominees Tuesday in critical races that could decide the balance of power on Capitol Hill next year. Maryland’s former Republican governor, Larry Hogan, easily won his party’s nomination for
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Congresswoman Carol Miller has turned back a challenge from a convicted Jan. 6 riot participant in West Virginia’s Republican primary. Miller defeated Derrick Evans in the 1st Congressional District. Miller moves on to the November general election. She’ll be seeking her fourth term. Miller had focused
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements were expected to occur Wednesday in the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez. Federal Judge Sidney H. Stein told lawyers Tuesday that he expected a jury to be picked by mid-morning before openings begin. He told possible jurors earlier that a
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it would send more than $1 billion in additional arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday. But it was not immediately known how soon the weapons would be delivered. It’s the
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s deputy leader Lawrence Wong is set to be sworn in as the nation’s fourth prime minister in a carefully planned political succession to ensure continuity and stability in the Asian financial hub. A U.S.-trained economist, Wong succeeds Lee Hsien Loong who stepped down after two
Continue ReadingBy Kaila Nichols and Taylor Ward, CNN (CNN) — After causing the dazzling waves of aurora borealis this weekend, our Sun isn’t done yet: The strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle occurred Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center. The flare – deemed an X8.7, with the
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month, working women, President Biden’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend. The three-time Super Bowl champion delivered the roughly 20-minute address Saturday at the Catholic private liberal arts school in Atchison,
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